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Can You Remember a Summer with More Rain?

The rain train continues...


What a summer so far for rain! Here are a few stats for you...

This first one is from my weather buddy Larry:
"KATL (Hartsfield reporting station) has had a whopping 20.79" of rainfall already this meteorological summer as of 8/8/13 (2 PM) with none of it from tropical cyclones! This already places the meteorological summer of 2013 in 4th place for KATL going back to when records started in 1879! The heaviest JJA (June, July, August) rainfall on record is the 25.82" of 2005. However, during that summer, there were four tropical cyclones that contributed close to 15" versus none so far this summer. In 2nd is the 24.44" of 1887. However, storm # 4 in July of 1887 contributed 7.90". In 3rd is the 24.31" of 1994. However, Alberto contributed 7.92". So, as of 8/8, KATL has already seen the most JJA rainfall on record (since 1879) from sources other than tropical cyclones!!

 Also, since KATL is only 5.03" away from the 2005 alltime JJA record, there might be a shot at that if a wet pattern dominates."

Another one from Huntsville NWS for July:

PRECIP NOTE... WITH LAST NIGHT'S RAINFALL THE OFFICIAL OBSERVATION
SITE AT KHSV HAS NOW GONE OVER 10" OF RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH. THIS IS ONLY THE 3RD TIME IN RECORDED HISTORY (THE OTHERS BEING 1958 AND
1967) THAT 10 INCHES OR MORE OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE MONTH OF JULY IN HUNTSVILLE. 1967 IS THE RECORD WITH 14.81".

Just two of many stories like this so far this summer. The new State of The Climate for July should be out by Monday, can't wait to see how the southeast has done overall for rain so far.

But guess what? It's going to get worse! :-) Next week will bring an even greater chance for rain than we had this week! The rain train continues after as the northwest flow pumps a continuous stream of impulses and voticies across our area.

According to my buddy, Meteorologist Robert Gamble @WXSouth.com, the models are showing a MCC feature (Mesoscale Convective Complex) approaching our area from the NW. According to Robert, the GFS has been spot on in predicting these systems, and now the Euro is depicting this one also.  

Bottom line... more rain, at least for the next 10 days or so. Again, everyone won't see it every day (like me of course!) but overall, a very wet period will be in store for most of Georgia. The maps above show 48 hour, 5 day and 7 day rainfall potential for our area.

I would love to hear from my readers about the rain you've had in your backyard. Comments and/or pictures would be great! In my last blog post, one of the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners, Tommy Hunter, wrote how he had had 6" from Wednesday through Saturday. Tommy lives in Dacula like myself (maybe 6 miles west line of sight), but I've only had 0.40" for the entire month! If you happen to get into a band of this rain, you may get inches at a time due to the high PW values. These storms are very efficient rainfall producers due to all of the available moisture they can tap into.

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